04-03-2018, 06:47 AM
(04-03-2018, 06:33 AM)spf link Wrote:Can only partially agree, the game in my opinion was lost when Gold Coast brought physical intensity to the contest. Carlton did not, and generally do not, respond to physical sides. We have routinely been beaten up for nearly two decades. That is a stone cold fact. If you want to beat the Blues you out pressure them, and put intensive pressure over the ball. Most times, Carlton will wilt like flowers in the Sun.
Agree...been one of my issues for years is the lack of physicality especially when the heat gets turned on and a few of our blokes hit the deck....May roughed up a few of our blokes and the only player who attempted to fly the flag was Kade Simpson, even our bigger players struggle to dish it back and I think most teams know we are soft and will fold up when it gets willing...
Players who will stick it back to the opposition are ACOS, Rowe, Williamson and Big Harry and I think we look a better team when we have some more aggression on the field......